Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown